ChiliBoard

SD Card Creation

Replace sdX in the following instructions with the device name for the SD card as it appears on your computer.

1. Zero the beginning of the SD card:

   dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=8

2. Start fdisk to partition the SD card:

   fdisk /dev/sdX

3. At the fdisk prompt, delete old partitions and create a new one:
   1. Type o. This will clear out any partitions on the drive.
   2. Type p to list partitions. There should be no partitions left.
   3. Now type n, then p for primary, 1 for the first partition on the drive, 2048 for the first sector, and then press ENTER to accept the default last sector.
   4. Write the partition table and exit by typing w.
4. Create the ext4 filesystem:
   1. For e2fsprogs < 1.43:

      mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX1

   2. For e2fsprogs >= 1.43:

      mkfs.ext4 -O ^metadata_csum,^64bit /dev/sdX1

5. Mount the filesystem:

   mkdir mnt
   mount /dev/sdX1 mnt

6. Download and extract the root filesystem:

   wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-chiliboard-latest.tar.gz
   bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-chiliboard-latest.tar.gz -C mnt
   sync

7. Install the U-Boot bootloader:

   dd if=mnt/boot/MLO of=/dev/sdX count=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=128k
   dd if=mnt/boot/u-boot.img of=/dev/sdX count=2 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=384k
   umount mnt
   sync

8. Insert the SD card into the ChiliBoard, connect ethernet, and apply 5V power.
9. Use the serial console or SSH to the IP address given to the board by your router.
   • Login as the default user alarm with the password alarm.
   • The default root password is root.
10. Initialize the pacman keyring and populate the Arch Linux ARM package signing keys:

    pacman-key --init
    pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm